A recent Yahoo Finance poll shows the vast majority of consumers are worried about their personal finances.

The trend of worry isn't hard to localize - people all over the metro say they've been stressed about money too.

It may not be a surprise at this point what the top pain points are; Inflation, tariffs, housing cost, and interest rates.

There's been a steady climb across the board over the years and Kansas Citians feel the squeeze from all sides.

Especially now. The school years getting started," Ismael Berlanga said as he waited outside KC's Rivermarket.

He says he started stocking up early to avoid potential tariff price hikes on things he knew he'd need.

A few months ago we went ahead and front-loaded a lot of things we knew that we were going to need," he said.

"Stocked up

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